- Mar 25, 2013
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I'm running windows 8 on a store brought laptop pre-installed with the OS. Asus X501A.
I want/need to live boot a linux distro from this machine however problems have arisen. Those that have an understanding of the BIOS on Windows 8 vendor based machine's might understand that disabling UEFI/secure boot isn't a very obvious fix. I would be able to include USB as boot #2 in the BIOS however I can't untill UEFI/secure boot is disabled. I can't disable UEFI/secure boot because it's greyed out.
My question is about how to gain access to those options in the BIOS I can't access. There must be a way. How are Microsoft developers able to access those options? Technicians?
I read that deleting the secure boot keys would be a viable option, though I can't find any information on this.
Any help would be appreciate.
Aaron
I want/need to live boot a linux distro from this machine however problems have arisen. Those that have an understanding of the BIOS on Windows 8 vendor based machine's might understand that disabling UEFI/secure boot isn't a very obvious fix. I would be able to include USB as boot #2 in the BIOS however I can't untill UEFI/secure boot is disabled. I can't disable UEFI/secure boot because it's greyed out.
My question is about how to gain access to those options in the BIOS I can't access. There must be a way. How are Microsoft developers able to access those options? Technicians?
I read that deleting the secure boot keys would be a viable option, though I can't find any information on this.
Any help would be appreciate.
Aaron
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